71 golfers comprising 16 teams teed off in ideal weather conditions on Saturday afternoon in the first of what is hoped to become an annual golf tournament in memory of our golfers who have passed away. Many family members of deceased golfers turned out for the event and enjoyed some memories of their loved ones as well as some music.
The youngest golfer taking part in the event was 11 year old Jackson Boland the great nephew of deceased member Ivan Paul. Ivan loved golf and playing Grande Meadows. Jackson is following in his great uncle’s footsteps as he is a Junior Golf member at Clovelly Golf Club in St. John’s and has already won some golf awards. Jackson along with his grandmother, Brenda Inkpen, Ivan’s niece made a $300 donation in Ivan’s memory to Grande Meadows Junior Golf.
Below are links to 3 files related to our deceased members. The first link is to a little article of memories of our deceased members written by Barry Stacey while the other 2 links are to lists of our deceased members as well as deceased golfers who had played in the Grande Meadows Invitational Golf Tournament over the past 25 years. There may be some omissions from the list so if you are aware of a deceased person who we have missed could you email the name along to Barry Stacey at bjstacey@gmail.com. We will update the lists. Thank you.
Deceased Grande Meadows Members
Deceased Grande Meadows Invitational Golfers
Team #11 and Team #3 tied for 1st place with scores of 30 but Team #11 consisting of Jordan Baird, Gus Keating, Trevor Keating, James Mitchell and Perry Stone won out by countback over Team #3 made up of deceased member Don MacBeath’s family including Don’s wife, Mary McCarthy, son Alex as well as in-laws Jeannette Lundrigan, Vic Lundrigan and Genny McCarthy.
3rd and 4th places were also determined by tie-breaker with Team #13 made up of Lacey Cribb, Ches Cribb, Joe Drake and Barry Stacey taking 3rd spot to Team #4 consisting of John Bugden, Dave Caines, Keith Howse, Dave Kenway and Tim Walters. Both teams had scores of 31.
On course prizes of Closest-to-the-pin was won by Frank Haskell on Hole #3 and Al Lewis on Hole #5. The ticket draw for the golf bag was won by Noel Doyle.
Kudos must go out to Tournament Chairperson Eric Ayers who worked so hard to get this tournament off the ground and in the end was felled by Covid the day before the event. Thank you very much Eric and we look for all your hard work. As well thank you to the other members of the tournament committee for their dedication and hard work.
Below are the scores for all teams participating along with handicaps. Teams #1 and #4 didn’t turn in a card but we found out that team #4 was -2. We used Don MacBeath’s scoring method : Handicap: take 3 highest holes – take number of strokes over par – mulitiply by 3 to give handicap. As you can see there were only 3 bogies for the day along with 1 eagle by Team #4 on Hole #8.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | Hcap | Score |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 36 | |||
| 1 | No Card | |||||||||||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | 34 | 0 | 34 | |||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 0 | 33 |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| 12 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 0 | 35 |
| 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 34 |
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 3 | 32 |
Memorial 9 Hole Best Ball Golf Tournament
Saturday August 20, 2022
Shotgun Start at 2:00pm
Starting Holes for All Golfers Below
| Hole 1A Team # 4 Dave Caines John Bugden Tim Walters Keith Howse Dave Kenway | Hole 1B Team # 13 Ches Cribb Lacey Cribb Joe Drake Barry Stacey |
| Hole 2A Team # 1 Bryan Holley Dennis Holley Gregory Holley Steven Holley | Hole 2B Team # 2 Eric Evans Edward Farrell Patrick Farrell Curtis Cheeseman Jarrett Walters |
| Hole 3A Team # 3 Genny McCarthy Jeannette Lundrigan Vic Lundrigan Alex MacBeath Mary McCarthy | |
| Hole 4A Team # 5 Morley Adams George Brushett Randell Evans Charlie Loughlin | Hole 4B Team # 6 Carl Brown Ben Grandy Bill Lee Glenn Price |
| Hole 5A Team # 7 Bern Dumaresque Art Cluett Tom Riley | Hole 5B Team # 8 Judy Drake Noel Doyle Paul Lambe Dominic Lundrigan Rita Lundrigan |
| Hole 6A Team # 9 Mike Blagdon Tracy Blagdon Marilyn McCarthy Stan McCarthy Brad Russell | Hole 6B Team # 10 Bill Buffett Geoff Buffett Glenn Forsey Roy Hillier |
| Hole 7A Team # 11 Jordan Baird Gus Keating Trevor Keating James Mitchell Perry Stone | |
| Hole 8A Team # 12 Jackson Boland Sam Cleal Frank Haskell Bill Hodder Frank Hodder | Hole 8B Team # 14 Jackson Appleby Evan Mullett Noah Ryan Ethan Walsh |
| Hole 9A Team # 15 Bob Brenton Violet Brenton Al Lewis Jeff Burke Dan Walsh | Hole 9B Team # 16 Glen Tobin Linda Tobin Deon Walsh Ray Walsh |
Grand Meadows will be hosting a golf tournament on Saturday August 20, 2022 to honour and pay tribute to deceased members.
- 9-hole best ball tournament.
- Play will commence at 2:00 p. m. with shotgun start.
- Register your team by calling Grande Meadows (709-826-2600) or by contacting Eric Ayers: email – eayersnf@yahoo.com or phone. – 709-682-1258.
- Maximum of 16 teams so register early.
- Registration Fee: $10.00 for member and $15.00 for non-members.
- Entertainment by Chris Caines from 3:30 – 6:00 pm.
Friends and relatives who are not golfing are welcome to drop by the clubhouse. Relatives of past members are encouraged to bring along a photo of their loved one to display on a table at the golf course during the day.
